Current status of farming practices of striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Aquaculture

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 227-236

  Phan, Lam T ^a   Bui, Tam M ^b   Nguyen, Thuy T T ^c   Gooley, Geoff J ^d   Ingram, Brett A ^d   Nguyen, Hao V ^a   Nguyen, Phuong T ^b   De Silva, Sena S ^c  

^a Research Institute for Aquaculture No 2   (Viet Nam)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia Pacific   (Thailand)

^d Fisheries Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Farming practices; Grow out; Pangasianodon hypophthalmus; Striped catfish; Tra; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EXPORT; FARM SIZE; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HARVESTING; POND; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SHARK; SURFACE AREA;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

MYSTUS VITTATUS; PANGASIANODON HYPOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 77951643608     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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